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A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck...
Flange
An external or internal rib or rim for strength as the flange of an iron beam or for a guide as the flange of a car wheel see Car wheel or for attachment to another object as the flange on the end of a pipe steam cylinder etc...
Ferris wheel
An amusement device consisting of a giant power driven vertically oriented steel wheel revolvable on its horizontal stationary axle and carrying a number of balanced passenger cars or open seats around its rim the seats are suspended so as to remain horizontal as the wheel rotates and depending on the size of the wheel the passengers when they reach the top may have a grand vista of the surrounding area so called after G W G Ferris American engineer who erected the first of its kind for the Worlds Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893...
Motor cycle
Motor cycle, means a mechanically propelled vehicle, not being an invalid carriage with less than four wheels, the weight of which unladen does not exceed 410 kilogram, Halsbury's Law of England, 4th Edn., Vol. 40(1), para 13 at p. 23.Motor cycle. Road Traffic Act,1930, s. 2 (1) (f): mechanically propelled vehicles (not classified as invalid carriages) with less than four wheels and the weight unladen does not exceed 8 cwt. A driving licence can be obtained at sixteen, but a driving test must be passed and also insurance against third-party risks must be taken out; for offences, etc., see, generally, the Act.It means a two-wheeled motor vehicle, inclusive of any detachable side-car having an extra wheel, attached to the motor vehicle. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), s. 2 (27)]...
Vegetables
Vegetables, as understood in common parlance are not products of manufacture unless, agriculture is an industry for certain purposes and vegetables are products of the Industry, Saraswati Sugar Mills v. Haryana State Board, AIR 1992 SC 228.The word 'vegetables' in taxing statutes is to be understood as in common parlance, Vegetables in item 6 does not include betel leaves, Ramavatar Budhaiprasad v. Asst. Sales Tax Officer, AIR 1961 SC 1325 (1327): (1962) 1 SCR 279. [C.F. and Bezar Sales Tax Act, (21 of 1947), Sch. II, Item 6]The word 'vegetables' should be understood as denoting the class of vegetables which are grown in kitchen garden or in a farm and are used for the tables. There can be no dispute that both chillies and lemons are grown in kitchen gardens or at any rate in farms and they are used for the tables, Mangulu Sahu Ramahari Sahu v. Sales Tax Officer, AIR 1974 SC 390: (1972) 4 SCC 423. [Orissa Sales Tax Act, 1947, s. 6]The word 'vegetables' is not defined in the Act and it ...
Jagannath
A particular form of Vishnu or of Krishna whose chief idol and worship are at Puri in Orissa The idol is considered to contain the bones of Krishna and to possess a soul The principal festivals are the Snanayatra when the idol is bathed and the Rathayatra when the image is drawn upon a car adorned with obscene paintings Formerly it was erroneously supposed that devotees allowed themselves to be crushed beneath the wheels of this car It is now known that any death within the temple of Jagannath is considered to render the place unclean and any spilling of blood in the presence of the idol is a pollution...
essence
essence 1 : the real or ultimate nature of a thing : the properties that make a thing what it is [his award is legitimate only so long as it draws its from the collective bargaining agreement "United Steel Workers v. Enterprise Wheel and Car Corp., 363 U.S. 593 (1960)"] see also essence test 2 : the predominant purpose of a thing [the of the contract] of the essence : of the utmost importance ;specif : so material in nature that failure to satisfy its requirements constitutes a breach of contract [time is of the essence] ...
Chariot
A two wheeled car or vehicle for war racing state processions etc...
Handwheel
Any wheel worked by hand esp one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve car brake or other part is adjusted...
Kingbolt
A vertical iron bolt by which the forward axle and wheels of a vehicle or the trucks of a railroad car are connected with the other parts...
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